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The CIA’s Search for the Truth Serum
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Project Bluebird experiments, which eventually evolved into Project Artichoke, were CIA-funded programs trying to find a perfect truth serum, leading to tropes in movies and cartoons. Despite intriguing results, the serum was never found.

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Project Bluebird experiments in the 1950s attempted to create a truth serum but were unsuccessful in finding a way to force people to reveal useful information.
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Project Bluebird, truth serum, mind control
Summary

Project Bluebird experiments in the 1950s attempted to create a truth serum but were unsuccessful in finding a way to force people to reveal useful information. The experiments eventually evolved into Project Artichoke, leading to the basis of hypnosis and mind control tropes found in movies of that era.

Chapter
The CIA’s Search for the Truth Serum
Episode
Part One: MKUltra: When The CIA Tried to Destroy Free Will
Podcast
Behind the Bastards